Sam & Friends - Promo/ID/Skit/Spot - c.1961
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- (Courtesy: KermiClownVideos.com ) Circa 1961, Kermit interviews the top two TV news anchors of the day (played by Hank and Frank) in an episode of Jim Henson's "Sam and Friends" live weeknight show from Washington, DC (including a promo, station ID, and Esskay Meats spot with Harry the Hipster and Professor Madcliffe).
All voices (except Chet Huntley and David Brinkley) were provided by Jim Henson.
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The, "creator of the whole muppet thing," was a wonderful man by the name of Jim Henson. He was both a genius and a saint. R.I.P., Jim. :*(
Even in those earliest of days, it was pretty obvious that Kermit was star material.
Dad talked about how this show was a must-see in the late fifties on the TVs in the downtown DC taverns he and his fellow government drones hit after a dull day's work. A dozen years later, when he had five kids who were all Sesame Street addicts he couldn't have been more pleased!
This is incredible! I had no idea the Muppets started in the 50s. Henson just busted out of the gate embracing technology, education, and pure comedy. The man was a visionary. I feel like the statements in Visual Thinking are the core messages that CTW, Sesame Workshop, and PBS in general have been trying to broadcast. I think some of those messages are "think for yourself", "hone your abilities", and "things are rarely what they seem".
About a young Phil Gaines doing the station ID tag: Yes, I almost didn't recognize Dad's voice--it was little reedy before it matured. Those he left behind miss hearing his terrific voice, but we have many tape recordings and videos of him when we want to hear him again! --his daughter.
Difference between 1950's vs 2016
1.Kermit wasn't a frog
2.he has no collar
3.he used to be skinnier
4.the voices were obviously different
I really like the introduction. I also heard that Jim Henson had a natural tallent for art. I wish someone would upload more "Sam & Friends"
"I bet some of the smart alecs in the audience have already figured out what you're going to say when I talk to you." ROFL!
Yes, his voice was a little reedy before it matured. Those he left behind miss hearing his terrific voice, but we have many tape recordings and videos to remind us. --his daughter.
Rolph: "Salright?"
Kermit: "Esskay."
Man, you took me way back!! And I'm still here in the DC area!! This was real clever, using sound samples back in those reel-to-reel tape days!?! I used to watch these when I was about 5 years old!!! I'm glad someone saved these!! Thanx for digging this up!!
I feel as though i grew up on this.. although i wasn't born for another 30 years..
i miss jim dearly
Maybe it's just that most of the episodes are lost. But it's funny how Sam is the title character and yet the show seems to pay little attention to him.
True. The "friends" we're the real stars. (Sam himself never talked, just reacted in shock to the others or lip synced to a song.) Of course the real breakout star goes without saying…
Sticking it to the talking heads even in 1961 ... great!
Kermit for life.
Kermit, you rock.
There are some Sam & Friends footage that we have yet to see. Still nobody has uploaded "Anything You Can Do," "There's A New Sound," "Tweedle Dee," "The Yellow Rose Of Texas," "Weather Warehouse," "Stan Freberg Demands Credit," & "The Final Episode (December 15th 1961)". When do you think someone will ever post these Sam & Friends videos?
Thanks for sharing that detail!
Previous to joining Channel 4, Phil Gaines had a classical music all-night show at WWDC titled "One to Six Show". When Phil moved to WRC, his first assignment was that same overnight shift on their radio side. Gaines was the next-to-last full time staff announcer at WRC leaving only Mac McGarry in that role when he was shown the door in 1979.
Marion T. "Phil" Gaines III, died May 23, 2010 at Charlotte Hall Veterans
Home in St. Mary's County, Md. at age 87.
Kermit: Having none of your business since 1955
In 1954, CBS-TV aired "The Morning Show" on weekdays to compete with the NBC "Today" Show. Locally, WTOP-TV9 attempted a Saturday version for youngsters titled "The Junior Morning Show". (The word "Good" was not in the title.)
The "Afternoon" program on WRC-TV4 changed hosts repeatedly to try to gain viewers. Mac McGarry and a young Willard Scott co-hosted for a few months, but were dropped. The Muppets stayed on-board until the very end. (Ed Walker was not involved with "Afternoon" at all.)
thank you for posting this! I'm reading Jim Hensen's new biography now, and was jonesing to see some 'Sam and Friends.' It was before my time.
It's amazing how much of Kermit is already "there" in these earliest appearances. Sure it's bizarre seeing him wearing a wig as a backup singer in the arguably unfortunate lip synch numbers, but here so much of his voice and personality are the same one that persisted to the Muppet Show, Muppet Treasure Island, and even survived acquisition by Disney. Through him Jim Henson achieved a sort of immortality.
00:22- The wonderful slide-super WRC-TV "4." What I grew up seeing in Washington, DC.
I saw the whole cast of Sam and Friends Muppets when I was in Washington DC like the treated ago. That's when I looked up the history of ask the Muppets I loved back when I was young. I can't remember the building T the Muppets were in btw.
Baltimore-based Esskay markets primarily to Maryland & the District of Columbia. It is a sponsor of various sports entities in the region, including the Orioles, Ravens & the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN). The slogan "Taste the difference quality makes" is still used by the company.
Has anyone ever noticed that Kermit the Frog sounds exactly like Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, the late lead singer of Canned Heat?
why isn't Harry the Hipster around anymore?
While attending the U. of Florida, he worked at campus radio station WRUF, where he was given his professional name "Phil Gaines" (a phonetic reversal of the University's town name, Gainesville.)
Upon arriving in Washington,DC in 1953, he began work at WMAL as a staff announcer and television host of local programs including "Future Flyers Club" and "Bowl the Champ." During that time he taught speech classes at George Washington University and American University.
@devonjames10 Actually Johnny Carson called him "Kermit the Frog" as early as 1965.
RIP Jim Henson
Kermit the green coat and ping pong ball.
Man... that early Handson puppets would gave me nightmares as a child...
I had no idea these episodes were so short!!!
I like the black guy with glass
Kermit's voice and mine sound exactly the same. Weird!
Happy 60th anniversary to the Muppets!
Kermit said "Blinkley", Frank (as David Brinkley) said "Brinkley".
This is scary.
"Sam and Friends" left the air forever in December of 1961... almost two years before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
I see the early grover taking shape too
The newscasters were actually played by regular S&F bit players Hank and Frank. One of them was mislabeled as Omar in "Jim Henson: The Works" -- Omar was actually a different puppet. Check out the Muppet Wiki for details.
It also re-aired at 11:25 pm.
very nice! good old days!
Thank you.
This show is from the late 50s early 60s? It's so edgy and ahead of its' time.
This is hilarious!
Wow I so much want some pork & Bacon sausage. ¿How come no one else has figured this out?
I found this by a test i took in school.The article was about the creater of the whole muppet thing,& it listed sam and friends.
the dude with the glasses is just a sock lol
I wish I could find sam and friends. I suppose it must be lost :(
Mmmm, Sauage and bacon together
David Brinkley was from North Carolina and Chet Huntley was from Montana.
Kermit is naked he doesn't have is collar on
That's okay because kermit is an animal. animals don't wear clothes but its okay!
This was before Kermit's status as a frog.
Actually, it was determined he was a Saurian lizard.
This is funny and scary
Very Cool! Kermit the Frog selling sausage. The irony of it!
LOL muppets rule!
This gives me an idea... if Sesame Street dubbed in earlier recordings of Jim Henson's voice, Steve Whitmire wouldn't have to put up with people complaining that his voice isn't quite like Jim's!
:) You're welcome.
I stand corrected. (THANKS GrantHarding.)
This is more scary than funny
I want to see sam on the show the bald dude on the intro
Noah Welch he's thankfully in old black magic
Yep, Kermit, back before he was a frog and had flippers and an 11-point collar.
I like sausages too! Heck yeah!
Are the Hank and Frank, as Huntley and Brinkley, real voice from Chet Huntley and David Brinkley?
+유동균 (DVSofficial) The answer is absolutely "Yes," although it is unlikely Huntley or Brinkley were directly involved. At the time, the NBC News Huntley-Brinkley Report was the most watched U.S. network nightly TV newscast. Jim Henson instructed his WRC-TV broadcast technicians to make an audio recording of Huntley and Brinkley's NBC-TV newscast and then isolate those little sound bites that were used in this skit. Thank goodness the skit was preserved on film, for some reason.
Essentially, all they did was record the saying "Chet Huntley/David Brinkley, NBC News, New York/Washington." Then they would take individual soundbites and play them at the appropriate times. This would make sense because Sam and Friends ran on the WRC NBC affiliate channel 4 in 1961.
@ trilobright
Jim Henson -- Sam, Harry the Hipster, Kermit the Frog, Omar, Professor Madcliffe, Yorick, Pierre the French Rat Jane Henson -- Henrietta, others Jerry Juhl -- Others Bob Payne -- Others
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@kaptainkidshow where you get these videos?
Does anyone know exactly who was puppeteering whom here? I had always assumed Jim did Kermit at all times, but honestly it looks like Hank and Frank are done better here...could Jane have been doing Kermit? If not, she was a natural and it's a shame she retired so soon!
sadly he is
Of course, muppets don't have to worry about their cholesterol levels. Yay bacon! :P
So who was Sam?
-"Sam...was a primitive version of the basic kind of hand and rod puppet that Jim
Henson devised in the mid-fifties. He had the face of a prizefighter, with
protruding Clark Gable ears, a W.C. Fields nose, and permanently astonished
eyes. Like a well designed cartoon character, he derived some of his
personality from his features. But Jim's manipulation of Sam - a tilt of the head
to find an appropriate eye focus, a bounce to a song - completed the picture."
From "Jim Henson:The Works:The Art, the Magic, the Imagination"
by Christopher Finch, Charles S. Finch
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This is a weird ass show.
This is hilarious!